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Home My WebLink About0504 ,'- '" \' , " , > \.' '1 .. .. ~\'; . ORDINANCE NO. 504. ,. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 323 OF SAID CITY: BY ADD:{:"NG THERETO A NEW SECTION RELATING TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND GASOLINE TANKS. ., ' .. . . ' THE CITY COmiCIL OF THE CJ;':q OF ARC.AI)IA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Ord1nance No. 323 of the City of Arcadia, entitled, If An Ordinance of the CitY.9ouncil of the City of Arcadia relating' to fire protection and f.ire prevention, ',regulating 'the burning of brush, rubbi;h or other materials, for the protection off1re hose, fire' apparatus and the water system of said City .of 'Arcadia, prohibiting the taking of water without perIDissioJ;l of an authorized officer of said City, establishing an .'incinerator district" creating the.office. of . , Chief of the Fire Departmen~, establis'hing a district north of Foothill Boulevard as a Fire. hazard, providing for incinerators in residential districts, :repealing. Ordinances Nos. 120, 154, 19.9 'and all Ordinances in conflict herewith and providing. a pena'l ty for' the violation thereof. II, adopted September 17, 1935, is herebyamende'd by adding thereto a new . . Section to be known aJ;ld.n~bered as Section' 44.2, wbich said Section 44.2 shall follow imniediately' after Section 44.1 of said Ordinance No. '. , 323, and shall read as follows: . SECTION 44.2.: Whenever any underground gasoline. storage . tank shall. not hav.ebeen. in use for the dispensing of gasoline for a period of thirty (30) days,' ",;;,1 the same shall' .be abandoned within fifte~n (i5) days ~h~reafter a~ herein provid~d, unless prior to the expiration of said fifteen '( 15) day periOd,. the Chief of the Fire Department, upon good cause shown, grants an extension or extansions of .time therefor.. For the. purpose of abandoning. such storage tank, the 0 wner, lessee or other person, firm.or corRoration having. control or possession thereof, shall. abandon such' storage tank by one of the following methods: 1. 'Remove. saId storage tank f'rom the earth, or 2/. S~id storage tank in t~e ground shall be completely . . filled with earth, sand, concrete or other solid material approved by the Chief of the Fire Department, or 3. Fill storage tank with water. If this method is used, . -1- I~' r%tt'l.5o/ " the storage tank shall. be.first em~tied of commodity therein by the regular station p~p, so far as possible, and water shall then be introduced into the fill pipe of the tank, and . allowed to overflow the fill pipe. for a. time . . sufficient to wash away the remaining commodity. The water level.shall at all .times remain high in the fill pipe to insure that all parts of .the tank are filled with water.' The p~p or p~ps attached to said storage tank shall be securely locked or disconnected from said tank. If the pump or pumps are removed the suction and return lines shall be plugged or capped with ..standard pipe fittings, or 4. By emptying said storage tank. If.this method is , used: The commodity shall be p~ped from the tank until suction is lost, allowing a'small quantity of commodity to remain in the tank. The fill pipe sh.all be tightly capped with standard. pipe fitting. The area around .the fill pipe shall be backfilled with sand or earth to the' level of the surrounding ground, or where fill pipes are recessed in a box. the. box shall be backfilled with sand or earth to the underside of such bo~ cover. In the event auxiliary tanks are used in connection with underground storage tanks, the auxiliary tanks. shall be fil~ed to caJ.lacity with the commodity, and not less than five (5) gallons of said commodity shall remain in the . underground tank~" In .the event pump~ are removed, suction and return ''-\ ., lines shall be disconnected below pump slab, and said lines shall be plugged or capped with standard pipe . . ' fittings. Pipe area way in p~p slabs shall be backfilled with sand or earth to the level ofp~p slab. Methods 3 or 4 above shall.constitute a temporary abandonment and such method of abandonment shall not continue beyond a period of six (6) months after cessation of present war hostilities. - 2- 'I'lC_ t7~r/ 5,:1;1 - ...., ''II . It shaihl be unlawful for: any oimer, Ie s see. or other person firm or corporation havin~control or ~ossessio? of any abandoned underground storage tank.to fail, refuse or neglect to abandon said tank wi thin the t'imeand in. the manner' as herein provided. SECTION 2. The City Clerk' shall certify to the adoption of '-', this Ordinance andprior'to ,the expiration.of fifteen.(15) days from, the passage tbereof, shall. cause the s~e to be published once in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia News, a newspaper of general circulation, Published. and circulated.in the City of Arcadia, and thir~y (30) days from and . after the. final passage thereof. said Ordinance' shall take .effect and be in forc.e. 'I bereby cert~fy that,tbe foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a re.'<Ular . meeting. of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 4th day of'. Ma'l" , 1943, by the affirmative vote of at least, three Councilmen, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen, A<;lcoCk,. Jones, Leeper, Nugent and Onnsby NOES: None' . ABSENT:, None . . ~~~.J...~ , '.. C1 ty - C 1 r. . . ) Signed and approved this ~day of. May , 1943.. ?J;.,ff([Mu1 Mayor ATTEST' .'-, .::"";-- '.:; . Lv4{:~~. I ~ ~ / 'City' ~.'~ . . ": ... .: -- ....-.- ". !'J l.iOliXQ -3- .. OAC/ .-S-();/